Discovering William of Malmesbury /
In the past William of Malmesbury (1090-1143) has been seen as first and foremost a historian of England, and little else. This volume reveals not only William's real greatness as a historian and his European vision, but also the breadth and depth of his learning across a number of other fields...
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Woodbridge, Suffolk :
The Boydell Press,
2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Discovering William of Malmesbury: The Man and his Works / Emily Dolmans
- 2. Gesta Pontificum Anglorum: History or Hagiography? / Anne E. Bailey
- 3. William of Malmesbury and Civic Virtue / Daniel Gerrard
- 4. The Ironies of History: William of Malmesbury's Views of William II and Henry I / John Gillingham
- 5. William of Malmesbury and the Jews / Kati Ihnat
- 6. Advising the King: Kingship, Bishops and Saints in the Works of William of Malmesbury / Ryan Kemp
- 7. Roman Identity in William of Malmesbury's Historical Writings / William Kynan-Wilson
- 8. William of Malmesbury and the Chronological Controversy / Anne Lawrence-Mathers
- 9. William of Malmesbury and Durham: The Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Early Twelfth-Century England / Stanislav Mereminskiy
- 10. William of Malmesbury as Librarian: The Evidence of his Autographs / Samu Niskanen
- 11. William of Malmesbury: Medical Historian of the Crusades / Joanna Phillips
- 12. German Emperors as Exemplary Rulers in William of Malmesbury and Otto of Freising / Alheydis Plassmann
- 13. Lector amice: Reading as Friendship in William of Malmesbury / Sigbjørn Sønnesyn
- 14. William of Malmesbury's Historical Vision / Rodney M. Thomson
- 15. Verax historicus Beda: William of Malmesbury, Bede and historia / Emily Joan Ward
- 16. William of Malmesbury and the Britons / Emily A. Winkler
- 17. Words, Words, Words ...